Lap-robe.



No. 811,337. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

L. S. STROOGK.

LAP ROBE.

APLIOATION FILED MAB..23, 1905.

By ,Mam

ATTORNEYS LOUIS S. STROOOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAP-ROBE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30,- 1906.

Application iled March 23,1905. Serial No. 251,681.

.To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis S. S'rnoook, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Lap-Robe, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in lap-robes, and while capable of general use in articles of this character it is especially designed for application to robes to be used in carriages and other vehicles.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide means whereby the hands of the user may be protected from the cold without making any opening through the Yrobe through which air can penetrate.

A further object of the invention is to provide a receptacle for the hands, so placed in the robe as to permit the user to insert the hands and at the same time use his hands to aid in keeping the robe in proper position, this being accomplished with such a construction that the robe is held close to the body and no passages provided between the robe and the body for the arms.

Further objects of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoined descrip tion.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of a portion of a'robe with one form of my invention applied thereto. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views on the lines 2 2 and 3 3,respectively, of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a robe provided with another form of my invention, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the same.

The robe is constructed with an outer or front piece a, as usual, and with a lining b. In the form shown in the first three figures the front piece is provided with a pair-of openings or slits c. These slits are preferably forined longitudinally of the robe, near the upper end thereof, and there may be as many pairs of them as may be desired. Pref erably there would be either one or two pairs in an ordinary robe. The front piece is provided with flaps d, secured to it and extending outwardly in opposite directions from a point immediately above the slits, so as to cover the latter and protect them. The li`ning is continuous all over the back of the robe and is not affected by the construction described above. It will be seen that by the provision of these slits the hands can be inserted through them between the upper portion a thereof and the lining b. The space between these two portions is covered by a second lining e, and this lining preferably extends to the outer ends of the flaps. The lining is closed at its upper and lower sides on lines extending from the top and bottom of one slit to the top and bottom of the other, respectively. The lining e, together with the portion a/ of the robe and the main lining b, constitutes a muff for the reception of the hands of the wearer. This muil is preferably provided with elastics f just inside the slits for normally closing the ends, and the lining e closes the space between the slits c, so that no air can enter between it and the main lining l).

In the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the l'ront piece a is continuous, like the lining t, and is not provided with slits; but instead a cover, preferably comprising a piece of fabric, fur, or the like g, is secured to the outside of the front piece along lines 7L h and has openings 7c near its ends. Beyond these openings flaps Z extend in opposite directions, and

these flaps protect the openings from the air. In either form the openings provided for the hands are located vertically at or near the top of the robe, and the material of the robe itself is interposed between the muil' and the body of the wearer, so that no air can be conducted through the openings, and the body is protected as well as would be the case if an ordinary robe were employed, while the hands also are protected. In the second form shown the fabric g is, if desired, provided with a lining m.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as ,new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A lap-robe comprising a front piece, a lining, a cover, the robe being provided with a plurality of longitudinal openings parallel with each other, the cover on the outside of the robe extending from one of said openings to the other, and a plurality of flaps integrally connected with said cover and secured to the robe one over each opening, the robe having a passage between the openings constituting a muil", said passage being closed on lines extending from the top of one opening IOC IIO

to the top of the next and from the bottom of one opening to the bottom of the next.

2. A lap-robe comprising a front piece7 a lining and a cover, said robe being provided with a plurality of longitudinal openings and a plurality of flaps connected with said cover, one projecting over each opening, the robe having a passage between the openings con stituting a muil', and the front piece constituting the rear wall of said passage.

3. A lap-robe having a piece of fabric secured to the front thereof along lines at the upper and lower edges of said piece of fabric, and provided with openings near the ends of said piece and with flaps integral with the 15 piece of fabric and covering the openings.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS S. STROOCK.

/Vitnesses:

LAWRENCE M. SHRIER, JOHN P. MORRIS. 

